Keep your cool. Less is more. Don’t forget the duct tape. And more wisdom from lives well lived. Read full story Author: Harrison Smith
ICE shift in tactics leads to soaring number of at-large arrests, data shows
The agency has moved away from focusing on arresting migrants at local jails to tracking them down in communities, a Washington Post analysis found. Read full story Author: Marianne LeVine, …
How Pan Am and Kodak turned into fashion brands, with a K-beauty glow-up
In South Korea, National Geographic and even Lockheed Martin are among the U.S. brands that have been resurrected or reinvented as clothing lines. Go to Source Author: Kelsey Ables, Julie …
Hundreds of animals were rescued from a fur farm. Meet Sadie and Seth.
Red foxes Sadie and Seth have found a new home at ZooTampa at Lowry Park after being rescued from an Ohio fur farm. Read full story Author: Kyle Melnick, Maggie …
Brigitte Bardot, French femme fatale and cultural phenomenon, dies at 91
The actress and singer was a symbol of sexual revolution. She later became an animal-welfare campaigner and incendiary right-wing commenter. Go to Source Author: Adam Bernstein
China expands nuclear warhead manufacturing capacity, research finds
Satellite images suggest China is growing the sites where it makes warheads, while also preparing to retaliate faster — signs of its nuclear ambitions. Go to Source Author: Cate Cadell, …
Netanyahu’s ties with Trump to be tested amid differences ahead of visit
With the Israeli leader to visit Mar-a-Lago on Monday, his hawkishness on Gaza and other Middle East hotspots is butting up against Trump’s peacemaking efforts. Go to Source Author: Gerry …
Zero Hour for the Middle East
After more than a decade of wars, from Syria to Gaza, the Middle East is exhausted by conflict. Is it ready to find another way? Go to Source Author: Roger …
Zelensky to Meet With Trump at Mar-a-Lago About Plan to End War With Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine brings a revised 20-point peace proposal, as well as doubts about whether Russia is serious about pursuing peace. Go to Source Author: Cassandra Vinograd https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
A new view of two critical days that set the stage for the devastating Palisades fire
Newly-released text messages and depositions from California State Parks staffers offer details of state actions and interactions with firefighters after Lachman fire ignited, before it rekindled Jan. 7 into Palisades …
Gas line explosion in Castaic prompts 5 Freeway closure, shelter-in-place order
Los Angeles County firefighters were responding to a gas line explosion in Castaic on Saturday, which prompted the CHP to close a portion of the 5 Freeway. Read full story …
How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign
New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela. Go to Source Author: Edward Wong, Tyler Pager, Charlie Savage, …
A Dancing Dictator and Bankers in Chains: The Other Venezuela Blockade
A crisis more than a century ago involved U.S. aims to assert military supremacy, a hard-partying dictator and frictions among the great powers. Go to Source Author: Simon Romero https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
How the CHP is drawing a flood of new recruits when the LAPD, other agencies struggle to hire
The CHP just graduated its biggest class of new officers in years, while the LAPD is still struggling to meet hiring goals. Here’s the reason. Read full story Author: Libor …
Chabria: Is empathy saving America — or tearing it apart?
MAGA champion Elon Musk has labeled empathy as dangerous to America, and ‘Western’ civilization as a whole. Read full story Author: Anita Chabria
Winter storm buries Wrightwood, drenches SoCal: ‘All it is is rock and mud,’ resident says
The Gamboa family isn’t quite sure how they’re going to get back into their home in Wrightwood. Read full story Author: Salvador Hernandez, Sandra McDonald
Russian attack pummels Kyiv as Zelensky prepares to meet Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the attacks make clear Russia does not want to end the war and that the world must do more to pressure Moscow. Go to …
Thailand, Cambodia sign new ceasefire deal after weeks of deadly clashes
The neighbors renewed a commitment to stop violent clashes along their border, after an October truce for which President Donald Trump claimed credit unraveled. Go to Source Author: Victoria Bisset
Her husband’s kidnapping became Malaysia’s biggest mystery. Then came a stunning confession
Nine years after her husband disappeared, Susanna Liew had a stunning legal win in one of Malaysia’s biggest mysteries. Read full story Author:
Treasury to cover Bayeux Tapestry for estimated £800m
The huge embroidery will be covered under the government’s indemnity scheme when it travels to the UK. Read full story Author: